Sighting 4254162
1 Formosum mud-dauber at Deakin, ACT
Identification history
| Sceliphron formosum | 29 Mar 2020 | michaelb | ||
| Sceliphron laetum | 26 Mar 2020 | michaelb | ||
| Sceliphron formosum | 25 Mar 2020 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Sceliphron laetum | 25 Mar 2020 | Ct1000 |
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User's notes
I believe some kind of mud dauber wasp.. Was observed digging in the banks of the stream / drain.
4 comments
michaelb
wrote:
26 Mar 2020
Hi and thanks for your contribution/photo. I have downloaded one of the original photos, cropped it and added it back to aid in identification.
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
29 Mar 2020
I think this is formosim because it has black antennae and multiple yellow spots on its back seehttp://museum.wa.gov.au/research/collections/terrestrial-zoology/entomology-insect-collection/entomology-factsheets/sceliphron
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
29 Mar 2020
This is only my observation but is consistent with all the sightings so far identified in CNP and those I looked at on the net
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.099816-35.324271
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Deakin, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 22 Mar 2020 04:55 PM Recorded on
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Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Sceliphron formosum Scientific name
- Formosum mud-dauber Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 691.3m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
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